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Beautiful Boy (2018)

★ 7.6 · 2,844 ratings on TMDB

A true story of addiction, survival and family.

Beautiful Boy poster★ 7.6

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

DirectorFelix van Groeningen
CastAmy Ryan, Christian Convery, Jack Dylan Grazer, Julian Works, Kaitlyn Dever, Maura Tierney
GenresDrama
The emergence reading

Beautiful Boy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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